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A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
Houghton Mifflin Co, 1998
ISBN: 0395911702
Cite: 2851
Representative coverage of most orders. Well illustrated: 1,300 drawings and 142 color illustrations on sixteen plates. Has some life history information and some keys.
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 March, 2004 - 10:04am
Last updated 27 March, 2004 - 5:37am

Published 1998?
My copy with the same cover & ISBN number was published in 1970...

R.E. White & D.J. Borror. 1970. A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 404 pp.
… Mike Quinn, 4 February, 2009 - 7:35pm

Caution With Classifications
I use my Peterson for the great written descriptions and venation diagrams. Just verify current classifications as the guide is 38 years old.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 20 October, 2008 - 8:27am

HA
HA HA HA!!! I have that with me right now!!!!
… Ericah, 25 September, 2007 - 1:15pm

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